Per In re Bausch & Lomb Incorporated Securities Litigation, --- F.R.D. ----, 2007 WL 2027385 (W.D.N.Y., July 13, 2007) (NO. 06-CV-6294T):This Court now turns to the question of whether the Structural Ironworks Fund otherwise satisfies the requirements of Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. [read post]

(IP finance)   Australia Trade mark use: We need a more balanced solution – FCA decision in Alcon v Bausch & Lomb (Australian Trade Marks Law Blog) FCA on trade marks as security for costs: Austin, Nichols & Co Inc v Lodestar Anstalt (ipwars) Minister for Innovation decides not to change regulatory regime for books – publishers keep territorial exclusivity (LawFont) (Managing Intellectual Property) Non-English language publications may not… [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Indian Patent Office decisions now searchable and downloadable: (Indian Patent Oppositions), (Generic Pharmaceuticals & IP), (Spicy IP), Institute for Progress study on inter partes re-examination: (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog), (IAM), (Hal Wegner) Nintendo loses patent suit over 3D controller; Anascape awarded $21M in damages:… [read post]